Charles schwartz



(No Model.)

C. SCHWARTZ. SIGN.

Patented May 9, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES SCHWARTZ, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,035, dated May 9,1893. y

Application filed November 21, 1892. Serial No. 452,654. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. t may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SCHWARTZ, of Brooklyn, Kings county, NewYork, have invented an Improved Sign, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a sign which`is durable, of handsomeappearance and can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

It consists of the various features of improvement more fully pointedout in the claim.

Inthe accompanying drawings: Figure lis a face view of my improved sign;Fig. 2 a face view of the upper transparent flexible sheet b; Fig. 3face view of the background a, and Fig. 4 a cross section on line Fig.l.

My improved sign is composed of a background a., of cardboard or similarmaterial and of a superposed transparent flexible sheet b, of Celluloid,gelatine or similar material. The sheet b, is held to the background aby means of lugs a', stamped out of the background and projecting overthe edge of the A margin or frame Ca2, remains around the sheet, whichmay be embossed or ornamented in suitable manner. The lettering orornamentation of the sign is formed on the back of the flexibletranspa'rent sheet b, in the following manner: I iirst print upon theback of the sheet b, an opaque outline c, of the letters as representedin the last two letters of Fig. 2. This outline is next filled in byhand, either entirely or partly, by a transparent colored varnish orlacquer c', as represented in the first three letters of Fig. 2. Thebackground a is einbossed so as to form concave lettering d,corresponding in position and size to the lettering on sheet b, (Fig.3.) The two parts of the sign being thus separately prepared, the sheetZJ is placed upon the background a, and secured thereto by means of thelugs a', or otherwise, as previously described.

The elfect of the sign is very ornamental. The letters are very distinctand as the concave background d, is visible through the tinted iillingc', Within the outline c, it appears as though it is not the flexiblesheet b, but the concave lettering d, which is tinted. The opaqueoutline c, will cover and conceal the edge ofthe embossed lettering d,on background a, so that the effect is not disturbed. This as will bereadily understood, gives richness, shade and body to the lettering. lfgelatine and not Celluloid is used for the transparent {iexible sheet b,it should be varnished on both sides by an invisible varnish to renderit waterproof.

What I claim is- -A sign composed of a transparent facing provided Withlettering having an opaque border and a colored transparent filling incoinbin ation with a background provided with corresponding embossedlettering, the edges of the latter lettering being concealed by theopaque border of the former, substantially as described.

' CHARLES SCHWARTZ.

"Witnesses:

F. v. BRIEsEN, WM. SCHULZ.

